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Colorado Measures
of Academic
Success (CMAS):
SCIENCE AND SOCIAL
STUDIES
SAL Training
Overview of CMAS:
Science and Social Studies
Assessments
Why CMAS?
• Colorado Academic Standards (CAS)
– The expectations of what students need to know
– Measures critical skills and knowledge our students
need
What is a “Standardized”
Assessment?
• All students have the same test content, resources,
directions, testing conditions, and scoring procedures.
• A score obtained by one student in one part of Colorado
will mean the same as the same score obtained by
another student in a different part of the state.
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Overview
• CMAS: Science
– Replaces TCAP science Spring 2014
– Grades: 5 & 8
• CMAS: Social Studies:
– New assessment
– Grades: 4 & 7
Test Structure
• Each grade level and content area consists of three
sections
• The assessments are composed of the following item
types:
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Selected responses
Constructed responses
Computer-enabled/technology-enhanced
Simulations (science)
Performance events (social studies)
Timeline
Timeline Overview
• Spring 2014:
– March: TCAP reading, writing and math in all schools grades 3-10
– April:
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CMAS: Science (Grades 5 & 8)
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CMAS: Social Studies (Grades 4 & 7)
• Fall 2014:
– November: CMAS Science and Social Studies Grade 12
Spring 2015
– April/May:
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CMAS: Science (Grades 5 & 8)
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CMAS: Social Studies (Grades 4 & 7)
Schedule and Key Dates
Component
Student Data Upload Available
Request Accommodations and PaperPencil Test
Training & Security Requirements
Completed
Dates
End of Feb
March 14, 2014
April 7, 2014
Materials Arrive
April 9, 2014
Testing Window
April 15 – May 2, 2014
Materials Due to Processing Center
May 7, 2014
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April Calendar:
Elementary, Middle, & K-8
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April Calendar:
6-12
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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No Testing
7th Grade
Social Studies 1
7th Grade
Social Studies 2
7th Grade
Social Studies 3
Make-Ups
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8th Grade
Science 1
8th Grade
Science 2
COACT
8th Grade
Science 3
Make-Ups
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Make-Ups
Make-Ups
Make-Ups
Make-Ups
Make-Ups
PearsonAccess
(Test Management App)
PearsonAccess: Overview
• PearsonAccess is the test management system for CMAS.
• You can perform the following test-related duties:
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Create, View, and Edit Individual User Accounts
Test set-up, including proctor caching (only for charter schools)
Add, delete, and change student data, including requesting accommodations
Viewing and adding test class test assignments
Manage test sessions
Training modules and other resources
• ALL SALS required to review the PearsonAccess training modules.
Infrastructure Trial training modules are highly recommended. To
document training completion, please complete the Google Form
after doing so.
PearsonAccess
www.pearsonaccess.com
Select:
Colorado
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Accessing: Sample Items
Access
Sample
Items
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Accessing Pearson Training
Modules
Step 1: Go to
https://parcc.tms.pearson.com/Account/Lo
gin?ReturnUrl=%2f
Step 2: Click on “Test Administration”
Step 3: Click on “Computer-based Testing
Test Administration”
Although it says PARCC, PearsonAccess is
the same across the tests.
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Management System
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TestNav8
(Test Delivery App)
TestNav8: Overview
• TestNav 8 is Pearson’s newest
test delivery platform for
online testing.
• It can be run on Macs, PCs,
Chromebooks and iPads.
• Java requirements (consult
with your STR)
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Accommodations
Types of Accessibility Features
and Accommodations
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Accessibility Features for ALL
Students
Feature
Description
Blank Paper (provided
by test administrator)
The student is provided with a single sheet of scratch paper to use to
plan and to organize responses. The student may exchange the used
piece of paper for a clean piece during the test section. The student
may have a single sheet of paper at a time. All used paper is
considered secure and must be sealed in provided envelopes at the
end of each test session. (2 sheets max!)
Calculator (4 function
for 5th grade, scientific
for 8th grade)
The student may use the online calculator to assist in responding to
items requiring calculations (4 function for 5th grade, scientific for 8th
grade).
Eliminate answer
choices
The student may put a red “x” over multiple choice answer choices
to eliminate options.
Extended time (time
and a half)
All students are expected to sit for each test section for 55 minutes.
The total available testing time is 80 minutes, accounting for students
who need approximately time and a half.
Flag items for review
The student may identify items to review or complete later in the
test section.
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Accessibility Features for ALL
Students: Cont …
Feature
Description
General administration The standardized test administration procedures do not specify a
considerations
specific group size, a particular setting (classroom, computer lab,
etc.) or time of school day. As long as test security is not
compromised, individual student needs may be taken into
consideration in determining any of the above.
General administration The student may have the test administrator repeat test administerdirections repeated
read directions as needed. No part of the test may be clarified, nor
may any assistance be provided to the student during testing.
Highlighter
The student highlights desired test as needed. The highlighter tool
does not work on graphics, pictures, images.
Line reader guide
The student may use the ruler tool as a line reader guide.
Magnification/
enlargement
The student may enlarge specific portions of text and graphics using
the magnifier tool or enlarge all screen contents using the testing
device to zoom. The zoom capability is device-dependent.
Pointer
The student may use the pointer tool to select an answer to a
question.
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Accessibility Features for ALL
Students: Cont …
Feature
Navigation tools
Description
Student uses embedded tools to move through the test:
• Next page
• Previous page
• Review drop down that will allow student to go to any item
Redirect student to the test The test administrator may redirect off-task student back to the
test by saying “<student’s name>”, continue working. No
coaching or assistance may be provided in any way. The test
administrator may not remind or encourage students to
complete a specific item. The test administrator may not provide
physical cues to the test as they could be misconstrued as
directing the student to incorrect or correct responses.
Ruler
The student uses online rulers for items requiring measurement
(cm in 5th and 8th grade, inch in all grades).
Writing tools
The student uses writing process tools for constructed response
items. Tools include: Bold, italics, and underline; Bullet and
number; Cut, copy, and paste: and Undo and redo
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Accessibility Features for ALL
Students: Cont …
Feature
Text-to-Speech
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Description
“Text-to-Speech” Form must be pre-assigned during forms
assignment process. The student may utilize the text-to-speech
tool in two-ways. Selecting the “Play” button will cause all text to
be read from the beginning of the item to the end, including
sources. The “Click to Hear” button will allow the student to
select the starting point for activating the text-to-speech.
Headphones must be used at a volume no other student’s testing
experience is interrupted or impacted.
Additional Accessibility
Considerations for ALL Students:
• Small group testing
• Frequent breaks (Test session must be completed in
one day!)
• Time of day
• Separate or alternate location
• Specified area or seating
• Adaptive and specialized equipment or furniture
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Accommodations
• Must be based on an individual need documented in the
student’s approved IEP, 504, or English learner plan
• A master list of all students and their accommodations must be
maintained by the SAL. These will need to be recorded in
PearsonAccess. Please include students using text-to-speech.
• Accommodations are available for computer-based and paperbased administration.
– Paper-based form is itself intended to be an accommodated form
Accommodations:
Presentation
Computer-Based and Paper-Based (accommodation): IEP, 504, or ELL
• Large print
• Extra large print (not available PB)
• Color contrast/High contrast (not available PB) (FORM MUST BE PRE-ASSIGNED)
• Color Overlays (provided by school)
• Oral-scripts: English (FORM MUST BE PRE-ASSIGNED)
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Embedded text-to-speech feature (CB only)
Oral-scripts: Spanish (ORAL SCRIPT FORM MUST BE PRE-ASSIGNED AND ORDERED) (CB only))
Oral-script languages other than English or Spanish
Sign language
Braille w/tactile graphics (PB only)
Read Aloud to Self
Audio Amplification
Word-to-Word Glossary/Dictionary (ELL only)
Accommodations:
Response
Computer-Based and Paper-Based (accommodation): IEP, 504, or ELL
• Speech-to-Text
• Brailler/Braille Notetaker
• Assistive Technology (word processing, plug and play, etc)
• Word prediction via assistive technology
• Talking calculator
• Math manipulatives
• Abacus and Tactile Math Manipulatives
• Human scribe – English
• Student answers in Spanish – spoken
• Student answers in Language Other than English or Spanish – spoken
• Student answers in Spanish – written (Student work scored in Spanish)
• Student answers in Language other than English or Spanish – written
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Accommodations:
Ordering
Accessibility Features and Accommodations
Requiring Ordering and/or Online Form
Assignment
Order through
Online Form
either Student Data Assignment
Upload or Studentby-Student
Form: Text-to-speech
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Form: Color contrast
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Form: Color contrast with text-to-speech
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Form: Oral script with
Oral script for online form (English, Spanish)
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Accommodated paper form
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Paper form: Braille
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Paper form: Paper large print
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Oral script for paper form (English, Spanish)
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Paper-Pencil vs Computer-Based
• Use of paper-based assessments are expected only to
be available to students who:
– Have a neurological disorder, a condition that causes seizures,
or another health condition that prevents the student from
accessing the computer
– Need a braille form with tactile graphs
– Have an IEP or 504 plan that requires assistive technology,
such as speech-to-text or 504 plan that may not be compatible
with TestNav8
– Will provide oral or written responses in a language other than
English or Spanish
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Modifications =
Misadministration
• Requiring a student to be assessed on less content matter than
other students because he has been taught less material
• Reducing the scope of assessments so a student needs to
complete only a limited number of problems or items
• Modifying the complexity of assessments to make them easier
• Giving hints, clues, or other coaching that directs the student to
correct responses on assignments and tests
• Adults defining vocabulary on the test or explaining test items
• Allowing the student to complete an assessment of English
language arts in a language other than English
• Using dictionaries that provide definitions (rather than acceptable
word-to-word dual-language dictionary)
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BEFORE testing Tasks
Before Testing:
PearsonAccess
1. REVIEW PEARSONACCESS (TEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)
TRAINING MODULES AND PRACTICE ITEMS
Review PearsonAccess (required)
Review Practice Items (recommended)
Review Infrastructure Trial (recommended)
Review TestNav module (recommended for STRs)
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Before Testing:
Test Scheduling
2. ESTABLISH THE SCHOOL-SPECIFIC TESTING SCHEDULE
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Using district calendar, set your school’s specific testing
schedule, including make-ups.
Guidelines for Scheduling
Sessions
Task
Time Allotted
Preparation after students arrive, including
ensuring students are logged in to computer
work stations, reading instructions to
students, answering questions
10 minutes
Distribute test materials to students
5 minutes
Administer test sessions
55 minutes
Additional time allowed for ALL students if
students are proactively engaged
25 minutes
End-of-session activities, including closing
testing sessions and collecting test materials
10 minutes
Total Time:
105 minutes
Test
Time =
80 min.
For each test session, plan for a MINIMUM of 105 minutes.
Recommendation: Given that this is the first year, plan for 2-hour (120 minutes) block.
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Before Testing:
Test Scheduling
Guidelines for Testing Time
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In planning schedule, include Total Test Administration Times for
each session
Session Time is the amount of time it should take a student to
complete a session
Additional Time Allowed is approximately 50% of Session Time
Schools must provide all students with the entire amount of test
administration time listed for the Session Time and must schedule
accordingly.
Students who are productively engaged in testing must also be
provided the Additional Time Allowed to complete session.
Schools should plan schedule to include the additional time
allowed.
Before Testing:
Test Scheduling Cont …
Guidelines for Testing Time Cont …
Test sections can only be administered to students in consecutive
order
• One grade level, one section, and one content area at a time
• A new session cannot be started until ALL students in session are
finished
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Before Testing:
Logistics Plan
3. DEVELOP A TEST ADMINISTRATION LOGISTICS PLAN
To ensure successful and secure administration of CMAS, make sure that
your Logistics Plan includes the following tasks:
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Identify an alternate SAL
Develop a plan in case your STR is not available on testing day(s)
Identify all students participating
Authorize individuals to serve as Test Administrators
Inform students and parents about the CMAS assessments
Meet with students to review testing day policies and expectations
Work with Test Administrators to schedule Sample Tests for their assigned
students prior to the test
Designate appropriate testing spaces
Before Testing:
Room Configuration
• Student-to-Test Administrator ratio must not exceed 25 to 1
(27 computers: 25 students + 1 extra and 1 for test administrator)
• Students should not be able to see each other’s work from a normal
testing position.
• Consider the following seating configurations to maintain test security:
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Seat students in every other seat (useful in a computer lab setup)
Arrange monitors back-to-back
Seat students back-to-back
Seat students in a semicircle (useful for schools using laptops)
Seat students in a widely spaced rows or in every other row (appropriate for a
classroom setup)
• Dividing screens or other privacy materials may be used if students
cannot be placed far enough away from each other.
Before Testing: Room
Configuration Cont …
• Test Administrator must be able to actively monitor the space
within the testing environment.
• Test Administrators should be in a position to see students’ eyes,
not screens.
Recommendations:
– Group students separately who will take 55 minutes vs those who
will need extended time.
– Group students who will use text-to-speech separately from
students who will not use the feature.
Before Testing:
Logistics Plan Cont …
TEST ADMINISTRATION LOGISTICS PLAN
Plan ahead to provide “accessibility features” for all students and
accommodations for ELL/LEP students and students with disabilities on test
day by:
 Reviewing each student’s approved IEP or 504 Plan ahead of time
 Preparing a list showing each student and his/her specific accommodation(s)
 Indicating whether a specific test setting or Test Administrator will be
required
 Training all Test Administrators (including substitutes) on accommodations
and Computer-Based Test accessibility features
 Ensuring required accessibility features and accommodations are selected
during registration process (e.g., read-aloud/text-to-speech) and ensuring
each student knows how to use accessibility features and accommodations
prior to testing
Before Testing:
Logistics Plan
DEVELOP A TEST ADMINISTRATION LOGISTICS PLAN
 Schedule and Create test administration sessions and locations
(PearsonAccess)
• Testing Group Naming Convention (30 characters):
TestAdministratorLastNameFirstInitial_TestSession_Rm#
• Example: SmithJ_G5Sci1_300
 Prepare a record of Test Administrators and their students for each
testing session
 Assign students and testing locations to Test Administrators
(PearsonAccess)
 Establish school policy for allowing students to read a recreational
book or have other allowable materials after completing individual
tests
Materials Allowed ONLY
After Testing Completed
Subject matter must be unrelated to content being
assessed!!
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Recreational books
Textbooks for subjects other than the one being tested
Pamphlets, magazines, or periodicals
Notebooks or papers of any kind
Pens or colored pencils
Before Testing:
Logistics Plan Cont …
TEST ADMINISTRATION LOGISTICS PLAN
 Develop a plan to store secure materials
 Consult with STR to confirm that all computers used for testing
meet minimum requirements for computer-based testing (refer to the
PearsonAccess User Guide for details on infrastructure and system requirements)
Before Testing:
Logistics Plan Cont …
The STR must complete the following before the first day of
testing:
 Prepare Student Computers and Test Administrators’ Computers for
Testing (~45 min/computer lab/classroom)
 Develop a plan to charge devices and/or keep them charged during
testing
 Plan for easy access to extra device, keyboard, mice, microphone (if
applicable).
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Recommendation: Have one extra set per classroom.
Before Testing:
Test Security
4. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT TEST SECURITY PLAN
A successful Security Plan will:
 Inform individuals authorized to be involved in test
administration to review security protocols, prohibited activities,
testing irregularities, and security breaches and sign Security
Agreement Form
 Establish a documented chain of custody
 Designate central locked storage area for securing test materials
 Document that STR, Test Administrators, and Proctors have
received necessary documentation and training for successful,
secure administration of the CMAS Test
Before Testing:
Chain of Custody
Chain of Custody:
• Document before, during, and after testing
• Deliver materials to schools no more than 1 week in advance
• Complete school security checklist
• Deliver paper-based forms and materials (oral scripts) on the
day of testing
• Distribute only the content area being assessed
• Return materials to a designated secure location (Not stored in
classrooms!)
• Return materials to Pearson
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Before Testing:
Test Security Cont …
Security Checklist:
• SALs must maintain a log of secure materials, including scratch
paper. Test materials must be documented on the School Security
Checklist.
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Test Administrators are not to have extended access (>15 minutes)
to test materials before or after administration.
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Test Administrators must document the return of all secure test
materials to the SAL immediately after testing on the School
Security Checklist. Use the envelope provided for the return of ALL
secure materials.
Before Testing:
Secure Materials Handling
Paper-Based Test Materials:
• Non-scannable test books: Students taking large print or braille version of the
paper-based assessment will use non-scannable test books.
• Scannable test books: Students taking the paper-based assessment will use a
combined test and answer document.
• Source books: For social studies assessments, students will also have a source
booklet containing necessary sources for certain items. Students will be
specifically directed to the pertinent sources by item.
• Scratch paper: Test administrators must supply one piece of scratch paper to
each student at the start of each section. Students may exchange for a clean
piece of paper during the test section, but are allowed only one sheet at a
time. All scratch paper must be collected at the end of the section.
• Oral scripts: Oral scripts are accommodated materials available for use with
students with disabilities and ELLs.
• Pre-ID Labels: Student names (affix label)
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Before Testing:
Secure Materials Handling Cont.
SALs must print the following secure materials through
PearsonAccess, which can be printed up to one week prior to
testing:
• Student Authorization Tickets. Each test session will have a unique
Test Code for each student that will be printed on Student
Authorization Tickets. Students will be prompted to enter the Test
Code to access the test via TestNav (the browser-based application
used to administer CMAS tests).
• Seal Codes. Seal Codes are four-digit codes used to lock test sessions
so that students cannot go ahead to the next session or go back to a
previous session that has already been completed. Seal codes are the
electronic equivalents of the adhesive tabs that are used to seal
sections of paper test booklets.
Before Testing:
Student Authorization Ticket
https://co.testnav.com
Username:
Test Code:
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Before Testing:
Seal Codes
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Before Testing:
Test Security Cont …
The SAL must distribute test materials to and from Test Administrators
each test administration day. Test materials must not be stored in
classrooms prior to or following the administration. Test materials that
will be distributed by SAL to each Test Administrator include:
 Student Authorization Tickets
 Seal Codes
 Official Scratch Paper
 Accommodations materials
 Paper-based test
 Schedule of students
Before Testing:
CMAS Security Form
• Signed by everyone who will be in the testing
environment
• Keep at school for 3 years
• Keep copy for own individual records
• Do NOT send to:
– ARE or DoTS
– Pearson
– Colorado Dept of Education
• SALs must send to ARE training date(s) and sign-in
sheet by April 7th. (Google form)
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Before Testing:
Training Plan
5. DEVELOP A TRAINING PLAN
Make sure that you:
 Designate a fully-trained alternate SAL
 Ensure all school staff involved in administering CMAS tests are
trained and understand their responsibilities and security protocols
 Ensure Test Administrators understand the expectation of “active
proctoring” while students are testing
 Review roles and role-specific checklist
 Ensure Test Administrators and Proctors sign the Security
Agreement Form
 Recommendation: Once Test Administrators attend face-to-face “Ethics and
Administration” training and have signed the Security Agreement Form, set up log-in
accounts to PearsonAccess.
Before Testing: Training
and Security Requirements
• April 7, 2014
PearsonAccess Training Module (SAL)
School Face-to-Face Test Administrator Training
CoAlt Data Entry Training Module (for CoAlt test
administrators only)
Complete and Have Each Person Involved in Testing to
Complete Testing Security Form (keep at school)
Complete Training Google form
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Before Testing:
CMAS Training Google Form
COMING SOON!!!
Acknowledges that you have completed and provided all
the necessary trainings.
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Before Testing:
Materials
6. RECEIVE, CHECK, AND SECURE CMAS TEST MATERIALS
 Review Coordinator Kit
 Check to make sure you have received all and sufficient
materials
Note: Keep boxes that the materials came in. You will use
them to re-package and return materials after testing.
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Before Testing:
Final Preparations
7. FINAL PREPARATION
BEFORE the day of testing, SALs must:
 Verify testing rooms are set up so students are separated by a reasonable
distance to encourage independent work and prevent collaboration
 Ensure testing rooms are clear of any and all instructional displays
 Make sure there is a working clock in the room
 Print student Authorization Tickets
 Print Seal Codes
 Print master list of sessions, with assigned test administrators and students
BEFORE the day of testing, STRs must:
 Confirm all computers meet requirements needed to administer tests
 Confirm headphones are available for student (accommodations only)
 Confirm that proctor caching activities are complete (charters only)
Materials Prohibited During
All Sessions
Classroom resources that may provide unauthorized assistance, or explain,
define, illustrate concepts that are part of the subject areas being tested,
must be covered up or removed.
Include (not exhaustive list):
• Posters, maps, or charts
• Mathematical formulas/theorems
• Graphic organizers
• Number lines
• Multiplication tables
• 100s charts
• Word lists
• Definitions
• Writing formulas
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Materials Prohibited During
All Sessions Cont …
• All cellular phones
• Other non-tested related personal electronic equipment,
e.g., scanners, eBooks, electronic pens
• Any electronic equipment capable of performing
computations or providing other assistance in either
content area (other than approved calculators)
• Instructional aids related to the content being assessed
• Reference books
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Before Testing:
Final Preparations
7. FINAL PREPARATION (continued)
On the day of testing, immediately prior to the beginning of
the test session (NOT in advance),
 Start the Test session (the morning of)
 Distribute the following materials to Test
Administrators (15 minutes):
Student Materials (See next slides)
Seal codes
“Testing—Do Not Disturb” signs to post on testing room
doors
During Testing:
Starting a Test Session
• To start a session click Start
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Test sessions status shows as either Started or Not Started
Student Materials to be
Provided
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Student Authorization Tickets
Headphones (if needed for accommodations)
Pencil(s) with eraser(s)
Blank scratch paper (or approved alternative scratch
paper – IEP only)
– Two pages total per student (one first and second one upon
request but student can only have one at a time), per session;
new paper must be provided for each session
– Paper must be provided by SAL to Test Administrator to student
– Paper must be official CMAS paper
• Test Booklets (for students taking paper-based)
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DURING testing Tasks
During Testing:
Test Environment
1. THE TESTING ENVIRONMENT MUST:
 Be adequately lit, quiet, free of distractions and heated or cooled
 Provide an adequate writing surface for scratch paper
 Be free of cell phones, music or other distracting devices
 “Do Not Disturb/Only Authorized Personnel Allowed” and “NO
Electronic Devices” signs must be placed on the door during test
sessions
 No food or drinks allowed on desks or near test materials
 Free of any content related posters or aids that suggest possible
answers to students
• Word walls
• Steps for solving math equations
• Any content related materials
During Testing:
Administer the Test
2. ADMINISTER THE TEST (TEST ADMINISTRATOR)
Write Session Name, Session Time, and Additional Time
 Provide each student with individual authorization tickets
and one sheet of scratch paper (students will need to write
name on top of paper)
 Students Log In to TestNav
 Write Seal code on board (Erase after students have
entered in code)
 Write start and end time on board
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Note: Read and follow the instructions and script as provided in
the Test Administrators Manual.
During Testing:
Students Log In to TestNav
• Once the test session has
started, students launch a
browser and enter the
TestNav address provided
in the Student
Authorization Ticket
• When TestNav loads
student enter the
Username and Test Code
provided in the Student
Authorization Ticket
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During Testing:
TestNav Testing Engine
TestNav Welcome page
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During Testing:
TestNav Testing Engine Cont …
Section 1 Seal Code Entry
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During Testing:
Monitor Test Activity
3. MONITOR TEST ACTIVITY
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Ensure that Test Administrators are actively monitoring
students during testing
During Testing:
Student Status
Each student
has their
own status
indicator
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During Testing:
View Student Progress
The table below gives an explanation of the possible statuses for students as they
test.
Status
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Meaning
Ready
The student has not yet started the test.
Active
The student has logged in and started the test.
Exited
The student has exited TestNav but has not submitted test responses, e.g.,
finished Section 1, took a break. (Student must be resumed by the SAL to
continue testing.)
Resumed
The student has been authorized by the SAL to resume the test.
Resumed-Upload
The student has ben authorized to resume the test, and any responses
saved locally can be uploaded when the student is ready to continue
testing.
Completed
The test has been completed by the student through TestNav and the data
has been processed.
Marked Complete
The student has exited TestNav and will not resume the same test, e.g.,
left due to illness.
During Testing:
View Student Progress
• A Test Administrator can view a student’s progress to determine if all
questions have been answered.
• Click on View Progress to view the student’s progress in the test.
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During Testing:
Active Proctoring
Active Proctoring: Dos
Active Proctoring: Don’ts
Ensure they have all necessary materials for
each session
Provide feedback
Ensure a standardized testing environment
Clarify test questions
Follow scripts exactly as written
Answer content related questions
Move throughout the room during testing
Interfere with the student’s demonstration
of skills
Read directions to students when asked
Interact with students in any way that would
impact student responses
Use proximity to keep students on task
Engage in other tasks during test sections
Read sources, items, or student responses
During Testing:
Clarifying Directions
What Clarifying Directions means:
• No part of the test may be read to the student (unless
accommodations)
• NOT directions for specific test items
• Test Administrator may clarify any word used in the scripted
directions
• All scripted directions may be repeated to students as needed
• May be provided in student’s native language
Students who are off task:
• Can say student’s name
• Tell student to return to work on test
• Provide visual cues for the student to stay on task
During Testing:
View Student Progress
NOTE: Students should NOT “Submit” the test in between test sessions.
Between testing sessions of each component, students should exit and
save the test. When the next session begins, the SAL will need to
Resume each student.
At the end of each test session (e.g., Social Studies 1), student status
should be “Exited” and NOT “Complete”.
At the end of ALL test sessions (e.g., Social Studies 3), students will
“Submit” their test and their status should now read “Complete”.
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During Testing:
Irregularities & Test Security
4. REPORTING TESTING IRREGULARITIES
The SAL must immediately report any concern about
breaches in test security or noncompliance with test
administration procedures to the ARE.
Please instruct test administrators to contact the SAL
immediately to report all testing irregularities.
During Testing:
Contacts
• ARE Hotline: 720.423.3736
• Pearson: 1-888-493-9888
(5:00 am – 7:00 pm MT, Mon. –Fri.)
Decision tree on who to call in development and
will be provided soon.
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During Testing:
Irregularities & Test Security
Unauthorized Visitors and Media:
• Only students, Test Administrators/Examiners, and
authorized school, district, state personnel or statesanctioned test monitors may be in testing areas during
administration
• Media are not allowed to have access to the tests
before, during, or after test administration, or take
pictures or video of testing materials or testing students
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During Testing:
Irregularities & Test Security
Breaches of Test Security Include:
• Use of electronic devices (e.g. cell phone, smartphone, e-reader,
tablet computer) by Test Administrator or student(s) while secure
test materials are still distributed or while testing is in progress
• Reading non-test related material(s) before closing out the test
session
• Altering or interfering with students’ responses in any way
• Leaving test materials unattended or failing to keep them secure
• Leaving students unattended while they are testing
• Formally or informally scoring student responses to test items
• Failing to follow test administration directions
• Not administering a session according to the allotted time
During Testing:
Irregularities & Test Security
Additional Breaches of Test Security Include:
• Failing to actively monitor testing students at all times
• Encouraging students to finish early
• Cheating by students (passing notes or talking to one another
while testing or sharing responses to test items)
• Administering test(s) to family members or allowing
unauthorized persons access to secure test materials
• Giving students access to test items or prompts prior to testing
• Viewing or letting students view secure content before testing
• Copying or reproducing any part of the passages or test items or
any secure test materials or online test forms
• Removing secure materials from the school’s campus
During Testing:
Irregularities & Test Security
Testing Irregularities Include:
• Building evacuation or lock-down
• Power or bandwidth failure
• Displaying testing aids in the testing environment (e.g., a bulletin
board with relevant instructional material(s) during testing
• Failing to provide a student with a documented accommodation
• Providing a student with an accommodation that is not
documented and therefore is not appropriate
ALL instances of security breaches and testing irregularities must
be reported to the SAL who reports it immediately to the ARE.
During Testing:
Irregularities & Test Security
Emergencies:
• If a student becomes ill during a test:
• The student needs are the primary consideration.
• The student may make-up the test.
• The student may only have the amount of time that was left when the test
was suspended.
• If there is an emergency requiring the test to be stopped:
• Evaluate and respond to the emergency … safety first!
• If it is possible to do so without any risk to students and your self, note the
time remaining in the test session
• Students will be allowed to use the remainder of the testing time to
complete the session at a later date.
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During Testing:
Reporting Irregularities Google Form
COMING SOON!!!
No more faxing!!
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During Testing:
Scheduling Make-up
5. SCHEDULE AND SUPERVISE MAKE-UP TESTING
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Students who arrive late OR are not tested on the regular administration date due
to illness or other excused absence should be tested on a make-up day/session
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Ensure all make-up testing is completed before the end of the testing window
Make-up testing sessions may be scheduled for any day after the initial
administration date as long as they fall within testing window
Test sessions must be administered in order
The same test security and administration protocols for regular administration
sessions apply to make-up test sessions
It is not suggested to test with other sessions – due to timing differences
If taking more than one test session in one day, schools should take into account
breaks in between.
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NOTE: Students who become ill or have to leave for other reasons during testing should attempt to
finish a test they started on a scheduled make-up date. Test administrators must note the exact place
in test where student stopped. Students are not allowed to return to any previous session or change
any previously completed item(s).
Scheduling Make-Up
Cont …
• Steps (PearsonAccess):
Remove students from original Test Session
Create new group with students who need to take same
session.
TestAdministratorLastNameFirstInitial_TestSessionM_Rm#
 (e.g., JonesK_G5Sci1M_401)
Do NOT mix different grades OR different content areas or
Sessions
Make-up: One grade! One content area! One session!
Administer assessment
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Make-Ups Cont …
Breaks
•
Scheduled breaks should occur between test sessions.
During the scheduled break, students are permitted to
go to the restroom, get up to stretch, and/or get a
drink, if needed.
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There should not be conversations among students and
students are not permitted to use electronic devices,
play games, or engage in activities that may violate the
validity of the test.
AFTER testing Tasks
After Testing:
Collection of Materials
AFTER EACH SESSION:
1. COLLECT MATERIALS FROM TEST ADMINISTRATORS:
 Place all secure materials in CMAS Secure Return Envelope
 Student Authorization Tickets
 Seal codes
 Master list (student rosters containing TestNav usernames and passwords)
 Scratch paper
 Test booklets (paper-based)
2. COMPLETE SCHOOL SECURITY CHECKLIST AND STORE IN LOCKED STORAGE
3. CHECK STUDENTS WHO HAVE FINISHED SESSIONS ARE IN EXITED AND NOT
COMPLETED STATUS. (IF COMPLETED, CALL ARE AND PEARSON.)
Note: Need to Resume students before they can continue testing.
After Testing:
Cleanup Activities
AFTER ALL SESSIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED:
1. FINALIZE INFORMATION IN PEARSONACCESS
Verify that all students enrolled are accounted for
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Verify that all test sessions are in Completed status or Mark Completed
Verify that all CoAlt scores have been entered into PearsonAccess
 Check student demographic information in PearsonAccess to verify that all
information is correct for CMAS computer-based and paper-based
students as well as CoAlt students.
2. VERIFY THAT STUDENT RESPONSES ON THE PAPER-BASED FORMS HAVE BEEN
TRANSCRIBED WHEN NECESSARY.
 Mark “Do Not Score” any large print, braille, or other test booklet with
responses in languages in other than Spanish or English
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After Testing:
Stopping a Test Session
3. STOP THE TEST
 All test sessions must be Stopped at the end of a test administration
 Click on Stop to stop the test session.
Reminder: STOP only after All students in a session are marked as Completed or Marked
Complete status.
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After Testing:
Preparing Materials to be Sent Back
4. SORT AND PACKAGE TEST MATERIALS
Reminder: Collect secure materials from Test Administrators after each day’s test
sessions
Complete the School Security Checklist
Sort scorable from nonscorable materials (Only the boxes
provided by Pearson can be used for shipping test materials.)
Verify and/or complete the header sheet, which is a scanned
document that will be used to verify the number of CMAS test
books to be scored. The following information must be manually
completed on the pre-gridded header sheet:
Side 1: Number of documents
Side 2: Group Name
After Testing:
Sending Materials Back
• 5. SEND TEST MATERIALS BACK TO PROCESSING CENTER BY MAY
7, 2014.
Blue label is for nonscorable secure materials
Orange label is for returning scorable materials
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Roles and Responsibilities
See Role-Specific Checklist on ARE website.
(testing.dpsk12.org)
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Infrastructure Trial
What is an Infrastructure
Trial?
An Infrastructure Trial provides an opportunity for schools and
students to prepare CMAS testing by simulating test-day
network utilization, and it introduces students to the online
testing interface – TestNav8.
The Trial will confirm that:
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TestNav8 is configured correctly
Devices can successfully run TestNav8
Network will bear the full load
Participating staff know what to do for CMAS
Students are familiar with the computer-based tools and format
Why Administer an
Infrastructure Trial?
Here are a few benefits to administering the Infrastructure Trial:
• Schools have the opportunity to work with sample test forms
intended to match expected school bandwidth utilization during
testing.
• Schools will create a similar testing environment (e.g., testing
rooms, number of testing devices, power supplies, etc.) that will
be used for CMAS testing.
• Early detection of school technology readiness issues can mitigate
possible problems and delays during assessment administration.
• The Sample Items and Tutorial can be used to provide practice for
students.
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For more information about Infrastructure Trial
1) Download the file (testing.dpsk12.org)
2) Review the Pearson Training Module
3) Contact [email protected]
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Support and Additional
Information
Resources
• E-mail: [email protected]
• DPS Websites:
– http://onlineassessment.dpsk12.org
– http://testing.dpsk12.org/
• PearsonAccess: www.pearsonaccess.com
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Thank you for your help in
administering and coordinating the
CMAS: Science and Social Studies
assessments!